wrench

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

wrencheswrenchewrinchewringe

1.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
2.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
3.
(obsolete)A trick or artifice.
4.
(obsolete)Deceit; guile; treachery.
5.
(obsolete)A turn at an acute angle.
6.
(archaic)A winch or windlass.
7.
(obsolete)A screw.
8.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
9.
(Canada, Philippines, US)A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
Đồng nghĩa: spanner
10.
(UK)An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
11.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
12.
(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
13.
(obsolete)means; contrivance
14.
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

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verb

V_es/s

wrenches

V_ing/Gerund

wrenching

V_ed/pp

wrenchedwrenche

1.
(transitive)To pull or twist violently.
With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
2.
(transitive)To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
3.
(transitive)To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
4.
(transitive)To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
5.
(transitive)To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
6.
(transitive)To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
7.
(intransitive, obsolete)To violently move in a turn or writhe.
8.
(obsolete, transitive)To tighten with or as if with a winch.
9.
(obsolete, transitive)To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.
10.
(intransitive, obsolete)(intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.

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spanner

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Nguồn gốc từ

gem-pro ine-pro From Middle English wrench, from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wreng- (to turn). Compare Rank.